In vivo labeling and in vitro characterisation of central complex neurons involved in the control of sound production

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 202-212

  Heck, Christian ^a   Kunst, Michael ^a,b   Härtel, Kai ^a   Hülsmann, Swen ^a   Heinrich, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain interneuron; Calcium imaging; In vitro characterisation; In vivo labeling; Pharmacological stimulation

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DEXTRAN; INOSITOL PHOSPHATE; MUSCARINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; PHOSPHOLIPASE C;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL CULTURE; CELL LABELING; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GRASSHOPPER; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOUND TRANSMISSION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; DEXTRANS; FLUORESCENT DYES; FURA-2; GRASSHOPPERS; MUSCARINE; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; NEOMYCIN; NEURONS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; RHODAMINES; SOUND; TIME FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 69949098955     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2009.06.032     Document Type: Article

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